RmtC introduces G1405 methylation in 16S rRNA and confers high-level aminoglycoside resistance on Gram-positive microorganisms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Wachino, Jun Ichi ^a   Shibayama, Keigo ^a   Kimura, Kouji ^a   Yamane, Kunikazu ^a   Suzuki, Satowa ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA methyltransferase; aminoglycoside; RmtC

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA METHYLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARMA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956409630     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02068.x     Document Type: Article

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